# CVE-2026-98145: accel/amdxdna: reject a command chain that carries no commands

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.7
- Published: 2026-09-25 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 8ed8b02396172b137ca8c78c3cb999ddf4fb0bbf, fixed in ed74e8d603df457bfcf16ed4f8f1660a1525759e; from 8ed8b02396172b137ca8c78c3cb999ddf4fb0bbf, fixed in ef6d27af71e1dc43181ec797a6aaa77c27c36786
- Linux: 7.1
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.1.0, fixed in 7.2.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: accel/amdxdna: reject a command chain that carries no commands A chain whose command_count is zero passes the payload length check, because struct_size(payload, data, 0) is just the header. The fill loop then does not run, so offset stays zero and the request is submitted with a zero-length buffer. On firmware without AIE2_NPU_COMMAND that ends at the opcode check, since op is still ERT_INVALID_CMD and aie2_get_chain_msg_op() answers MSG_OP_MAX_OPCODE. aie2_get_npu_chain_msg_op() answers MSG_OP_CHAIN_EXEC_NPU whatever it is given, so there the submission continues to drm_clflush_virt_range(cmd_buf, 0), which reads the byte before the buffer and faults on the vmap guard page. EXEC_CMD is reachable by any process that can open the render node. Reject the request instead.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (7.2.7) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed74e8d603df457bfcf16ed4f8f1660a1525759e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef6d27af71e1dc43181ec797a6aaa77c27c36786

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